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Sohm Abyssal Plain
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<p>The Sohm <a href="/facts/Abyssal_plain/UWv7Tt5b">Abyssal Plain</a> is in the <a href="/facts/North_Atlantic/EI4uChIb">North Atlantic</a> and has an area of around 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi). It is located off the coast of the <a href="/facts/The_Maritimes/edkHavUV">Canadian Maritime provinces</a> and <a href="/facts/New_England/ufw2BmSl">New England</a> in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. The region was named for <a href="/facts/Rudolf_von_Willemoes-Suhm/Del0qJRf">Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm</a>, a German naturalist on the <a href="/facts/Challenger_expedition/9Em9JqWY">Challenger expedition</a> in the late-19th Century. </p><p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sohm_Abyssal_Plain¶ms=34_N_55_W_region:XA_dim:2000000">34°N 55°W / 34°N 55°W / 34; -55</a> </p>